Stuart Hall completed his unlikely road to redemption by claiming the vacant IBF bantamweight title after a wild and woolly points win over South African Vusi Malinga at the FirstDirect Arena in Leeds.

Undefeated boxing champion Floyd Mayweather has said that his much-hyped proposed fight against Manny Pacquiao will not happen due to the Filipino’s ties to promoters Top Rank and potential pay-per-view figures being too low.